Combination reflecting device and sound-conveyer.



L. WEGLEIN, JR. COMBINATON REFLEGTING DEVICE AND SOUND GONVEYER.

APPLIOATION ILED I'B. 6,1909.

manned July' 13,1909.

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LOUIS .VEGLEIN JR., OF lBHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBIIYATIDN REFLECTING DEVICE ANI) SGUND-CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July i3, 1909.

Application filed. February 6, 1909. Serial No. I176,396.

To all whom 'it 'ma/y concern:

Be it known that l, Louis W noLnrN, Jr., a

citizen ol' the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State oi Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useA ful Combination Reilecting Device and Soundonveyer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window mirrors and more especiaily to the combination of a sound conveyer and mirror adapted to he positioned outside of a window.

ln window mirrors as heretofore constructed it has been impossible, where a rool' or an extension of roof has been built over the doorway of a house, to see the rellection of a person standing at the door and therefore a very important feature ol". such devices is rendered useless.

By my present invention, I ani enabled to see everything that takes place adjacent the doorway and recognize persons who have lrung the bell and if it is inconvenient to go down to the door, I can by simple adjustment of the device provide a rneans for holding conversation with them from the window above. l

It further consists of other novelfeatures ol' construction, all as wiil be. hereinafter l'ully set forth.

F or the purpose of illustrating my inve-n tion7 I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred ine, since the saine has been 'l'onnfx in practice to give satisfactory and/reliable results, although it is to be understood, that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be 'variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a section of a 'portion of a house and porch roof showing my device 'in operative position.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical section on an enlarged scale of the device with the parts in a different posi, on l'rorn that shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a detail of the locking clip.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a tube formed of suitable material and prefer ably having the shape oi' a frustumof a cone,

'i the largest diameter being theend having provided with means for engagement with a suitable support and in the present instance with an outwardly projecting flange 2 having openings 3 therein., serving to permit suitable fastening means to engage the ilange. Zand hold the tube 1 in proper position. It will be apparent that this shape tube will readily n serve eiliciently as a sound conveying device, the diverging sides transmitting the sound and increasing the volume thereof.

Mounted adjacent the top end orlopening of the tube l is a mirror or other suitable reflecting1 device which is so positioned with respect to the tube that a person looking into the mirror l'roin the front oi the same will see reilected thereon the objects or persons beneath the tube.

4 designates a collar adapted to iit around the tube 1 and in the present instance, to be held thereon by means of bolts 5 or. e uivalent means, the position oi' the collar eing adjacent the smaller opening of the tube.

6 designates ears here shown as formed integral with the collar 4 and spaced aparta suliicient distance to receive and errnit movement of an arm 7 which is pre erably mounted for pivotal movement on the ears 5 by means of a bolt 8 or the like. This arm 7l extends downwardly for a portion of its length and is then curved upwardly so that its end is adjacent the top o the tube 1 and in such a position as to permit a cap 9 pivotally mounted. thereon to corn letely close the opening of the tube when t esired and to be positioned properly with res ect to the top opening of the tube. As 1ere shown, the cap 9 is suitably recessed to permit the receiving oi a mirror 10 therein for a purpose to be presently described.

l1' designates suitable lugs secured to vthe disk 9 and :forming-with the bolt l2 a pivotal connection between the arrn 'Z and cap 9.

In order to see the objectsor persons be-,

low the tube it is desirable to lock or hold the mirror in its proper Iposition therefor so that it will always remain in this position until changed. by the user and in the present ins ice, l .employ a spring clip 13 suitably secc 'to the collar 4, the forks of the spring ch i having; divergent ends adapted to receive the arm 7 and hold. the saine iirrnly in position until released by pull to overcome the spring oi the cli When 'the arm 7 is so held, the cap il and mirror i() will be at the pro )er position with respect to theopening of tlie tube, as seen in Fig. l, and it will be noticed that the lower portion of the cap abuts the arm 7 so that the mirror will be held properly to reflect objects beneath the tube 1.

This device in operation is adapted to be mounted on the roof 14, as shown in Fig. 1, which forms the covering for the door 15 of the house, said tube 4 being positioned on the roof adjacent a window 16, above the door. Of course it will be understood that for correct working of the device an opening should be-cut in the roof 14 of a size corresponding to the largest diameter of the tube by which it will be seen that anyone looking out of the Window 16 Will be able to observe in the mirro'r 1() anyone standing adjacent the door 15 below. The mirror 1() by means oi the pivotal connection to the arm 7 is capable of several different positions and the necessary angle to reilect the image from normal position thereof is shown in Fig. 1. with the arm 7 locked by the clips 13, this being the position to observe who or what is at the door. Should, however, it be desired to talk to anyone at the door below, the cap Q may be swung back completely out of the way, as seen in dotted line, Fig. 2, so that no obstruction to the tube 1 is presented and the user can speak from the Window through the tube to the person at the door.

In bad weather or for other reasons it may 1. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a sound conveying device, a collar detachably secured at one end, an arm pivoted t0 said collar, a cap for said device mounted on said arm and a reilecting mirror carried by sai d cap, and means to lock said arm to maintain said cap in open. position.

2. In a device of the character described, a sound conveying device adapted to lit over an opening in a roof, said device having a mouth piece and sides diveigingl therefrom, a cap for said mouth piece pivotcd to said dcvice and a mirror mounted in said cap.

LOUIS WEGLEIN, Jn.

litnessesz C. l). MCVAY, M. E. RINKnNBAon. 

